Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac (, ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, from Montreal. It is crossed from east to west by Route 344, commonly known as Oka Road. The town shares its borders with Deux-Montagnes to the east, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac to the west, the Lake of Two Mountains to the south, and Saint-Eustache to the north.
It shares police, firefighters, waterworks, and other services with the city of Deux-Montagnes.
It was formerly known as a rural town in which most of its inhabitants were seasonal vacationers, but it is increasingly lived in year-round.
History On 27 April 2019, there was a flooding that forced more than 6000 people to be evacuated.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Population in 2021: 19,797 (2016 to 2021 population change: 9.5%) Population in 2016: 18,074 (2011 to 2016 population change: 15.2%) Population in 2011: 15,689 (2006 to 2011 population change: 38.7%) Population in 2006: 11,311 (2001 to 2006 population change: 29.4%) Population in 2001: 8,742 Population in 1996: 8,295 Population in 1991: 7,410 Population in 1986: 6,143 Population in 1981: 5,586 Population in 1976: 4,726 Population in 1971: 3.169 Population in 1966: 1,999 Population in 1961: 1,411
Mother tongue: English as first language: 4.6% French as first language: 82.1% English and French as first language: 1.4% Other as first language: 9.9%
Education
The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone schools."Admission et inscription ." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles. Retrieved on December 7, 2014. "La Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles (CSSMI) offre ses services aux résidents des municipalités de : Blainville, Boisbriand, Bois-des-Filion, Deux-Montagnes, Lorraine, Mirabel (Saint-Augustin, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Scholastique et secteur du Domaine-Vert), Oka, Pointe-Calumet, Rosemère, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Saint-Placide et Terrebonne Ouest." This community has three elementary schools (Horizon-du-Lac,"Horizon-du-Lac ." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017. Des-Lucioles,"des-Lucioles ." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017. and des Grands-Vents"des-Grands-Vents ." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.) and one alternative lower secondary school (École secondaire Liberté-Jeunesse). École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes has upper secondary education. Some areas are served by École des Mésanges and Emmanuel-Chénard, both also in Deux-Montagnes, and Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes (for all secondary levels)."Répertoire des aires de desserte par ville 2017 - 2018 (Généré le 20/9/2017) Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac ." Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Iles. Retrieved on September 20, 2017.
Anglophone schools are operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, and the community is served by Lake of Two Mountains High School, in Deux-Montagnes."Overview." Lake of Two Mountains High School. Retrieved on December 8, 2014. Mountainview Elementary School and Saint Jude Elementary School, both in Deux-Montagnes, also serve this community."Mountainview Elementary Zone ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014."Saint Jude Elementary School Zone Map ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on December 8, 2014.
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